the report clears him legally but could damage him, obviously, politically, which mr. biden would likely present himself to a jury as he did during our interview with him as a sympathetic, well meaning elderly man with a poor memory. joining us now is kate bedingfield, who served as communications director in the biden white house, david axelrod who worked within vice president biden, and former trump communications director alyssa farah griffin, all three are now cnn political commentators. also with us jeffrey toobin. david axelrod, i will start with you. is that the press conference the president should have had? , look i understand the concept of why he had the press conference, because this thing was red hot. and it was out there, and he felt he needed to, and his people felt, he needed to respond to it. whether the response was adequate, or whether it creates more problems, i think, is another question. he did contradict elements of the special counsel s report. an